jīˈräfərə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from gyr- + -phora
: a genus (the type of the family Gyrophoraceae) of foliose rock-inhabiting lichens that includes the edible manna lichen ( G. esculenta ) of Japan — compare umbilicaria
• gy·roph·o·ra·ceous (|) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|rāshəs adjective